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Hello, since I decided to go back to school for pre-dentistry a year and a half ago, Ive devoted myself to putting together the most competitive dental school application I could, with the hope of not only being able to attend the school of my choice, but also to try to obtain the largest merit-based scholarship possible. However, Im just starting to research which dental schools to apply to and am not sure which ones are most likely to award large scholarships, so I was hoping some people on this forum could share what they know concerning that.
I just took the DAT at the beginning of June, and achieved extremely high scores. Here are my DAT results, as well as other information about why I feel I have a very scholarship-worthy application.
Section Standard Score Percentile
Academic Average 27 100.0
Total Science 30 100.0
General Chemistry 30 100.0
Organic Chemistry 29 99.3
Biology 26 99.7
Reading Comprehension 28 99.7
Quantitative Reasoning 22 96.4
Perceptual Ability 21 83.1
-For my prior education, I originally obtained a BBA and an MBA, with a 4.0 GPA.
-While back in school recently for my pre-dental science classes, I have received all As, but also ranked number 1 in every class, scoring higher than many of the professors had ever seen, so I will have extremely strong reference letters from them.
-For work history, I successfully worked as a self-employed real estate agent, and I have also worked as a personal banker. Furthermore, I worked several years in Asia where I was first an English teacher at an international school and then a university business school lecturer. All these business and teaching jobs involved explaining complex products or ideas to people in a way they could understand, a skill which is undoubtedly important in dentistry.
-I speak three languages, including an advanced ability with Spanish. I would think that my Spanish skill will be of value to a dental school, as I can interpret in the clinic and serve a greater variety of patients.
-I have around 50 general dentistry shadowing hours and around 25 specialist shadowing hours.
-I have around 80 volunteer hours with a variety of organizations, including Spanish interpreting work.
-I have served as an officer of my universitys pre-dental club for the past 3 semesters.
Throughout my adult life, I have constantly worked at improving myself, becoming not just well rounded, by striving to excel in many areas, particularly in academics, business, language, and teaching. I have worked extremely hard to accomplish these things and as I mentioned, Im hoping they will be valued enough to merit a significant scholarship.
Which brings me back to my original question: Given this information, which dental schools might I have the best chance of receiving a large scholarship from? Are there any that might offer a full scholarship? Ill be submitting my application on AADSAS within a few weeks, so any information on this will be greatly appreciated. Thank you very much.
I just took the DAT at the beginning of June, and achieved extremely high scores. Here are my DAT results, as well as other information about why I feel I have a very scholarship-worthy application.
Section Standard Score Percentile
Academic Average 27 100.0
Total Science 30 100.0
General Chemistry 30 100.0
Organic Chemistry 29 99.3
Biology 26 99.7
Reading Comprehension 28 99.7
Quantitative Reasoning 22 96.4
Perceptual Ability 21 83.1
-For my prior education, I originally obtained a BBA and an MBA, with a 4.0 GPA.
-While back in school recently for my pre-dental science classes, I have received all As, but also ranked number 1 in every class, scoring higher than many of the professors had ever seen, so I will have extremely strong reference letters from them.
-For work history, I successfully worked as a self-employed real estate agent, and I have also worked as a personal banker. Furthermore, I worked several years in Asia where I was first an English teacher at an international school and then a university business school lecturer. All these business and teaching jobs involved explaining complex products or ideas to people in a way they could understand, a skill which is undoubtedly important in dentistry.
-I speak three languages, including an advanced ability with Spanish. I would think that my Spanish skill will be of value to a dental school, as I can interpret in the clinic and serve a greater variety of patients.
-I have around 50 general dentistry shadowing hours and around 25 specialist shadowing hours.
-I have around 80 volunteer hours with a variety of organizations, including Spanish interpreting work.
-I have served as an officer of my universitys pre-dental club for the past 3 semesters.
Throughout my adult life, I have constantly worked at improving myself, becoming not just well rounded, by striving to excel in many areas, particularly in academics, business, language, and teaching. I have worked extremely hard to accomplish these things and as I mentioned, Im hoping they will be valued enough to merit a significant scholarship.
Which brings me back to my original question: Given this information, which dental schools might I have the best chance of receiving a large scholarship from? Are there any that might offer a full scholarship? Ill be submitting my application on AADSAS within a few weeks, so any information on this will be greatly appreciated. Thank you very much.
